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Mayor of the Sunset Strip is a american film of genre Documentary directed by George Hickenlooper released in USA on 17 june 2003 with Kim Fowley

Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)

Mayor of the Sunset Strip
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Released in USA 17 june 2003
Length 1h34
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Musical
Rating69% 3.494613.494613.494613.494613.49461

Mayor of the Sunset Strip is a 2003 documentary film on the life of Rodney Bingenheimer directed by George Hickenlooper, and produced by Chris Carter. In 2011, Craig Hlavaty of the Houston Press, mentions Mayor of the Sunset Strip at number eight on its, "The 31 Best Music Documentaries Of All Time". The film won the 2004, Best Documentary Feature, at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Actors

Kim Fowley

(Self)John Doe

(Self)Courtney Love

(Self)Alice Cooper

(Self)Debbie Harry

(Self)
And :
Neil Young
George Wendt
Mick Jagger
Iggy Pop
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